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Publication Review
Title: Site
Work: Volume #9 of the Rehab Guide
Author: HUD, 1999
File: Free Book, PDF 537 KB, 57 pages
Audience: Written for builders and designers with experience and
training in historic renovation, rehabilitation and remodeling.
Review
The focus of this book is housing rehabilitation which is different than
remodeling. Rehabilitation means "to restore to good condition",
while remodeling indicates a change to something significantly different.
A good guide for anyone rehabilitating site features of older homes. Provides
discussion and alternate techniques for handling a variety of site related
issues.
Issues covered include:
- wood decks, porches and fences, repair, preservation, techniques
- paved driveways, walks, patios and masonry walls, seal, patch and repair techniques
- underground construction, wells, septic, water lines, sewer lines, repair and replacement
- landscaping, repair trees and shrubs, proper trimming, protection
- energy efficient and sustainable landscaping
Detail drawings include:
- reinforcing joists for decks and porches detail
- deck ledger flashing detail
- rot repair of ledger and deck joists
- deck handrail and stair details
- fence post support and repair
- sagging gate repair
- concrete step repair diagram
- seepage pit system, septic tank
- leach field septic system
Related Texts
Foundations
: Volume #1 of the Rehab Guide
Exterior
Walls: Volume #2 of the Rehab Guide, Parts One and Two
Roofs:
Volume #3 of the Rehab Guide
Doors and
Windows: Volume #4 of the Rehab Guide
Partitions,
Ceilings, Floors & Stairs: Volume #5 of the Rehab Guide
Kitchens
& Baths: Volume #6 of the Rehab Guide
Electrical
and Electronics: Volume #7 of the Rehab Guide
HVAC and
Plumbing: Volume #8 of the Rehab Guide, Part One and Two
Site Work:
Volume #9 of the Rehab Guide
